AFFIDAVIT
I,
ThomasD.Petrowski,aSupervisorySpecialAgentwiththeFederalBureau
of
Investigation(FBI),beingdulyswom,deposesandstates:·
INTRODUCTION
1.
Iamafederallawenforcementofficerwithinthemeaning
of
FederalRule
of
CriminalProcedure
41
(a)(2)(C),thatisagovernmentagentengagedinenforcingcJiminallaws.IhavebeenaSpecialAgentwiththeFederalBureauofInvestigation(FBI)since1995.IcurrentlysupervisetheCountelierrorism-2(CT-2)squad
of
theDallasFBIoffice.Youraffiantcun'entlyinvestigatesandsupervisesterroJismmatters,amongotherviolations
of
Federallaw,andpmiicipatesontheJointTerrorismTaskForce.Ihaveexperienceinandutilizedvariousmethods
of
investigation,including,
but
notlimitedto,electronicandvisualsurveillance,generalquestioning
of
witnessesandsubjects,theuse
of
searchwarrants,theuse
of
confidentialhumansources,andtheuse
of
undercoveremployees.2.Isubmitthisaffidavit
in
suppOli
of
an
applicationforafederalarrestwarrantforHOSAM
MAHER
HUSEINSMADI,date
of
birthJune
5,1990,
AlienRegistrationNumberA097683198.
For
reasonsset
fOlih
below,Ibelievethere
is
probablecausethatSMADI,knowinglyandintentionallycommittedthefollowingoffenseagainsttheUnitedStates,towit:
18
U.S.c.
§2332a(a)(2)(A),attemptingtouseaweapon
of
massdestruction.3.IhavepersonallypmiicipatedintheinvestigationsetfOlihbelow.Iamfamiliarwithfactsandcircumstances
of
theinvestigationthroughmypersonalpmiicipation,fromdiscussionswithotherSpecialAgents
of
theFBI,languageanalysts,andotherlawenforcementofficers,andfrommyreview
of
recordsandrepOlisrelatingtotheinvestigation.Unlessotherwisenoted,whereverinthisaffidavitIasselithatastatementwasmade,theinformationwasprovided
by
anotherFBIagent,lawenforcementofficer
or
languageanalystwhomayhavehadeitherdirectorhearsayknowledge
of
thatstatementandtowhomIorothershavespokenorwhoserepOlislrecordsIhavereadandreviewed.Suchstatementsareamongmanystatementsmade
by
othersandarestated
in
substanceandinpartunlessotherwiseindicated.
INVESTIGATIONTODATE
4.
SMADIwasdiscoveredbytheFBIwithinanonlinegroup
of
extremists;anFBIundercoveremployee(hereafter"FBI
UCEl
")waspmi
of
thatgroup.Amongmanyothersinthegroupwhoespousedandendorsedviolence,SMADIstoodoutbasedonhisvehementintentiontoactuallyconductterrorattacks
in
theUnitedStates.AfterSMADI
I'agc1
of
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